Building-wall construction.



PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906. S L B. I. HUSTON.

W. M. AIIER BUILDING WALL CONSTRUCTION.

APPLIOA'IION- FILED JULY 2l, 1905.

5h mentor@ WMV/fers Wu om@ witnesses WILLIAM M. AKERS AND BENJAMIN F.HUSTON, OF D'ECATUR, IOWA.

BuuDlNG-WALL cousrauoruou'.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1906.

Application filed July 21, 1905. Serial No. 270.722.

To @ZZ wiz/0m it may concern:

Be it known that We, WILLIAM M. AKERs and BENJAMIN F. HUsToN, citizensof the United States, residing at Decatur, in the county of Decatur andState of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments inBuilding-Wall Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to building-wall con struction, and embodies,primarily, novel forms of building-blocks of cement or like plasticmaterial composed in the corner and main Wall construction.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof1 and alsoto acquire a knowledge of thedetails of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a perspective viewshowing the corner portion of a building-wall composed of blockscomprising this invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of one of-thecorner-blocks. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of one of thecorner-blocks. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the corner-block.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

In the practical embodiment of the invention the corner-blocks 1 used inthe building- Wall construction are of special formation, being ofrectangular shape in general form, having a single elongated air-space2. outer face or side of the corner-block l may be smooth or finished inanyl suitable Way. The upper side of the block, ovvever,is provided nearone end with transverse ribs 8, one of which is interrupted centrallythereof by the space 2. Near the opposite end portion of the block l andalso upon its under side are formed the integral longitudinal ribs 4,each terminating at one end near the adjacent rib 3, the other endsvterminating near the extremity of the block. The under side of thecorner-block l is formed with a pair of longitudinal grooves 5, whichpreferably eX- tend the entire length of the block, said lrooves beingladapted to receive ribs upon locks arranged beneath the corner-block,as Will be described more clearly hereinafter. The inner side of eachcorner-block 1 is provided with spaced vertical ribs 6 and the latterwill be received in grooves in the end of an adjacent main block of thewall structure.

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The ribs 6 are located near one end of the block l, as will be readilyapparent. Spaced vertical ribs 7 will be formed at one end of each blockl also, and these ribs will enter grooves in the end of an adjacentabutting main block in a manner similar to the inter locking of the ribs6 with such grooves, as before mentioned. Thus it will be noted thateach of the corner-blocks composed in the wall structure will have uponits upper side transverse ribs 3 and longitudinal ribs 4, upon its underside the longitudinal grooves 5, at one side and near one end thevertical spaced ribs 6, and at one end which abuts with an adjacent mainblock of the wall the spaced end ribs 7. The main blocks of the Wall orthose which will be composed in the body of the 'wall throughout itslength are indicated at 8, and these blocks are provided at oppositeends with spaced grooves 9 and spaced ribs 10, respectively, saidgrooves 9 and ribs l0 extending vertically of the block. Furthermore,each block 8 will have upon its upper sidespaced longitudinal ribsI 11and upon its under side spaced longitudinal grooves. The blocks 8 arealso provided with the air-spaces described with reference to thecorner-blocks l.

By referring to Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings it will be seen that thetransverse ribs 3 terminate at one end short of the adjacent ends of thevertical ribs 6 and preferably short of the adjacent side edge of theblock 1. It will be seen also that the vertical ribs 7 terminate attheir upper ends flush with the upper surface of the block, but short ofthe upper surface of the longitudinal ribs 4, and that both the verticalribs 6 and 7 terminate at their lower ends short of the lower ends ofthe said block. It will also be noted b reference particularly to Fig. lthat the Ongitudinal ribs 11 do not extend over the grooves 9, butterminate short of said grooves, and that the other end of thelongitudinal ribs 11 terminate flush with the other face of the block,8, so as to produce an angular formation with respect to the endvertical ribs 10. By means of this arrangement it will be seen byreferring to Fig. l that when the block 8 is assembled next to acorner-block 1 with the grooves 9 receiving the vertical ribs that theribs 3 and 11, while they are in alinement With each other, are spacedsomewhat at their adjacent ends, this space providing portions in thenature of sockets, which will receive the mortar and tend to effect alocking engage- IOO ment as against longitudinal displacement betweenthe block 8 and the block 1. It will also be evident from thearrangement of the longitudinal ribs 11 and 4 with respect to thevertical ribs l0 and 7 that said ribs produce at their meeting endsangular formations, which also produce sockets for the mortar and thatthis construction insures a rigid formation of the wall.

' When the corner and main blocks of the wall are assembled, thecorner-block which is arranged at an angle to its adjacent cornerblockand above the same will have the longitudinal grooves 5 interlocked withthe transverse ribs 3 of the'lower corner-block. The adjacent main block8, which overlaps the lower corner-block 1, will have'the grooves uponits under side interlocking or receiving the longitudinal ribs 4 on theupper side of said corner-block, and the grooves 9 in the end of saidmain block will receive the vertical "ribs 6 on the side of the uppercorner-block of the two blocks above mentioned. The above constructionof the corner and main blocks is such that the same are interlocked in apeculiar manner, and the substantiality of the wall structure is greatlyincreased, the 'various blocks being virtually tied'tog'ether by theinterlocking connection between theY same. The vertical arrangement ofthe ribs 6 and.7 upon the inner side and at one end ofthe corner-block,as well as of the ribs l0 at an end of the main block, isadvantageouspin that the blocks can be placed in positionby verticalmovement in establishing the interlocking connection between the ribsand Lgrooves thereof. This is important when it'is considered that themortar would interfere -`with interlocking of horizontal ribs andgrooves were such provided. The ribs 4 on the up "er side of thecorner-blocks terminate or are 'scontinued at a pointadjacent to theribs 3, as

shown most clearly in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings.

Having thus described the invention,"what is claimed as new is*' l. Abuilding-block provided on one face `with longitudinally-extendinggrooves and on its opposite face with longitudinal ribs and transverseribs spaced from each other'and from the longitudinal ribs, and alsoprovided on one side edge with vertical ribs and on one end edge withvertical ribs, the transverse ribs terminating short of the verticalribs on one side edge of the block, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A building-block provided on one face with longitudinally-extendinggrooves and on its opposite face with longitudinal ribs and transverseribs spaced from each other and from the longitudinal ribs, and alsoprovided on one side edge with vertical ribs and on one end edge withvertical ribs, the transverse ribs terminating short of the verticalribs on one side edge of the block, and the vertical ribs on the endedge of the block terminating flush with the face thereof and producingan angular formation with the meeting ends of the longitudinal ribs.

3. In a building-wall construction the combination of the'corner-blockprovided in one face with longitudinally-extending grooves and on theopposite face with longitudinal ribs and with transverse ribs spacedfrom each other and from one end of the longitudinal'ribs, saidcorner-block being also provided on one side edge near one end thereofwith vertical ribs in alinement with the transverse ribs and being alsoprovided on one end edge withvertical ribs in alinement with thelongitudinal ribs, the transverse ribs terminating short of theiralining verticalribs and the end vertical ribs terminating short oftheir alining longitudinal ribs and a main wallblock provided'withvertical grooves designed to receive the side edge vertical ribs of thecorner-block and provided on its opposite end With'vertical ribs, saidmain-wall block being also provided with longitudinal ribs on one faceterminating at one end short of said vertical'grooves and in alinementtherewith and terminatin'g'at their other ends short of the outer facesof the vertical ribs of said block, as andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM M. AKERS. BENJ. F. HUSTON.

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